Common name | Fivesaddle parrotfish |
Language | English |
Type | FAO old |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 4 - (Less common name) |
Country | Global |
Locality | |
Ref. | Sommer, C., W. Schneider and J.-M. Poutiers, 1996 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | non-fish animal |
1st modifier | |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | Their fused teeth joined at the front in a groove forming a pair of beak-like tooth plates and their flapping of their pectoral fins during swimming gave them their name parrotfishes (Ref. 5288). Name not listed in ASFIS version 2006 (Ref. 56807). |